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Kenya voters wield technology to fight fraud

Electronic facial recognition and biometric data touted as key to free and fair election.
Last Modified: 28 Feb 2013 13:52

As Kenyans prepare for a presidential election on Monday, efforts are being made to prevent a repeat of the violence following the polls in 2007. Technology played a role in inciting that unrest, but this time around it is being used to do the opposite.

Now technology is being used to promote a free and fair election. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Nairobi.

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